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Virginia Senate committee advances amended online casino bill

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Virginia’s Senate General Laws and Technology Committee approved a revised version of SB118 on 28 January and sent it to the Finance and Appropriations Committee. The proposal would require the Virginia Lottery Board to set problem-gambling rules and would impose player-protection measures on operators; it also sets a 15% tax on adjusted gross internet gaming revenue.

Operators would face new player-protection duties and a proposed 15% tax if the bill becomes law.

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Quaest poll puts bets and social media at 7% as source of hope nationwide

A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.

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